"Hearing God" -Deuteronomy 6:1-9

Speaker: Dave Lee 

​God has blessed the ICC church family with a new home, and we will spend many years hearing the Word of God proclaimed in this house. But it is important to know that simply hearing the words is not what it means to hear the voice of God. We will explore Deuteronomy 6:1-9, one of the most foundational passages for the Jewish people, and consider what it truly means to hear God, and how that requires an embodied response to what He has spoken.

Discussion Questions: 

1. What is one sound, voice, or phrase from childhood that you can still vividly remember?
2. ​Have you ever heard something live (in a concert, sermon, conversation, or event) that felt different from simply hearing it later online?
3. What is one place where you find it easier to slow down and think?
4. Read Deuteronomy 6:1-9. “We miss 100% of the words we’re not there to receive.” How does this truth challenge the way you think about worship, small group, or Scripture reading?
5. What are some ways spiritual malnutrition might show up in a our lives?
6. What helps you become more receptive rather than defensive when God’s word confronts or challenges you?
7. Pastor Dave described our strange relationship with time, wasting it on devices while also feeling like we never have enough. Where do you see that tension in your own life?
8. What is one practical step you could take to create more silence, space, or solitude for hearing God?
9. Why is it incomplete, biblically, to say we have “heard” God if we do not respond in obedience?
10. Jesus says in John 14:21 that those who keep his commands are the ones who love him, and that he will show himself to them. How have you experienced obedience making Jesus feel more real and present in your life?